30 performances shot on location in Minneapolis’s First Avenue Club. Prince’s original song score earned him an Oscar and includes such radio staples as “Let’s Go Crazy,” “Take Me With U,” “When Doves Cry,” and the title song. DIRECTED BY: Albert Magnoli. WRITTEN BY: Albert Magnoli, William Blinn. WITH: Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, Clarence Williams III. 1984. 104 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. 35mm. New print courtesy of the Academy FIlm Archive.
as the ill-fated D.A. Harvey Dent, Michael Caine as butler Alfred, Morgan Freeman as Batman’s confidant Lucius Fox, and Gary Oldman as the honest cop James Gordon. Seven of the film’s eight nominations went to its impeccable craft elements, with Richard King winning for his sound editing. DIRECTED BY: Christopher Nolan. WRITTEN BY: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan. STORY BY: Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer. WITH: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Morgan Freeman. 2008. 152 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. Rated PG-13. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
GoodFellas
GoodFellas Sun, May 14 | 7:30pm | DGT
Dune
Dune Sun, May 28 | 7:30pm | DGT Frank Herbert’s classic science-fiction novel was brought to the big screen for the second time in this lavish, intelligent adaptation from director Denis Villeneuve, which received 10 nominations including Best Picture. Timothée Chalamet plays the young heir Paul Atreides, whose noble family finds itself in mortal danger after relocating to the forbidden desert planet Arrakis, the source of the “spice” that allows interstellar travel. The film won Oscars for its Cinematography, Film Editing, Original Score, Production Design, Sound, and Visual Effects. DIRECTED BY: Denis Villeneuve. WRITTEN BY: Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth. WITH: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Javier Bardem. 2021. 155 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. Rated PG-13. DCP.
Nicholas Pileggi’s nonfiction book Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family inspired this unsparing look at the criminal life, one of director Martin Scorsese’s most enduring and influential films. Ray Liotta stars as Henry Hill, who achieved his childhood dream of becoming a gangster only to end up, in his own words, “a schnook.” Robert De Niro, Paul Sorvino, and Joe Pesci gave indelible performances as Liotta’s fellow hoodlums, with Pesci winning for his chilling supporting role; the film received five additional nominations including Best Picture and Directing. DIRECTED BY: Martin Scorsese. WRITTEN BY: Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese. WITH: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco. 1990. 146 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight Sun, May 21 | 7:30pm | DGT
Writer-director Christopher Nolan followed up his hit Batman Begins (2005) with this ambitious, epically scaled superhero thriller, with Christian Bale’s Batman battling for the soul of Gotham City against the anarchic Joker, played in a startling, Oscar-winning supporting performance by Heath Ledger. The stellar supporting cast also includes Aaron Eckhart
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